The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-06-09
SWEET BOY GRADUATES
OF THEM AT
THE UNIVERSITY.
Wha Will the Graduates DO?..Chapel
Hill as a Summer ResOrt..Why Not!
Etc, Etc.


1887. The lights are out, the glory of
commencement has fed, the students have
departed, aud this sweet Auburn is rapidly
settling down to it's accustomed vacation
quietude. cannot understand why
Chapel Hill is not a popular Summer re-
have been in many counties from Hyde to
Haywood, and enjoyed the delights of
Summer resots from Morehead to Warm
Springs, but Iowhere have l found place
so nearly my deal as place for rest and
quiet pleasure as this delightful village.
Every Summer there are some visitors,
and it is the best evidence that the village
is all that is claimed for it when those
who come to Chapel Hill one Summer are
glad to come again. No better society can
be found in the State in so small a village.
1t is ''our best society" in the true sense
of that word is the best because
the best educatet, most cultivated, and
least dependent ulon fashion, show, and
money. The men il Chapel Hill are schol
ars. Their happinss is in their books, in
their thoughts, andin the simple pleasures
that village life affrds. Their wives and
daughters are, as il natural sufficiently
educated, and influenced by the intellect
ual atmosphere around them to find their
enjoyment in higher hings than the latest
way of hair dressing, the latest cut of the
gown, the latest open, or the continual
round of gayety that is found in larger
places. The villagers, wen those of limit
ed education, are clever and agreeable,
and add much to the pl.asure Of visitors
In addition to the pleasure of the "best
society visitors to the Kill have access to
the University library, which contains
many thousand volumes, elected by those
most competent to make selections of the
best books. The beauty If the campus,
the excellent water, the BEAUTIFUL walks
and drives through the surrounding coun-
try, conspire to make Chapt Hill an ideal
haven of rest for all who spend the Sum-
mer away from home.
Yesterday Thursday was the big day
of Commencement. Spacious Memorial
Hall was full. The band PLAYED stirring
tunes 1t was the day for ths graduates
to speak-the day of the fufllment of
their dreams of college life. The follow
ing was the programme of oratbns:
D. Tate Wilson, Sampson county, N. c.,
The Mystery of Nature; W. S. Wilkinson,
Tarboro, n. c., Russia's Posittn in Eu-
rope; H. F. Shaffner, Salem, NC, Bis
marck; Will H. Mcdonald, Raleigh, N. c.,
The Merit System versus spoils c. F.
Smith, Coxville, n c., The Ideal reacher
and his Social Influence; A. NJ. Simmons,
Fairfield, n c., Our Social Dange,s and
their Remedies; Haywood Parker halifax
county, n c., Our Best Inheritance;
Claudius Dockery, Mangum, N. c., Ameri
can Citizenship-the philosophical ora
ton: Louis NJ. Bourne, Tarboro, n c.,
Progress in Conservatism; j. F. Meier,
Winder n c., Individuality; Richard n
Hackett, Wilkesboro, n. c., The Influence
of Ideals, Robert q. Grlssom, Raleigh, y.
c., The Slavery of Freedom-theS Scientific
Grafton; W. H. McNeill, Cumberland
county, n. c., The Failures of Republics;
Jacob c. johnson, Pitt county, n. c., The
Foreign Element in American Life; Vernon
W. Long, Chapel Hill, n. c., The Makers
of Our State; Henry R. Starbuck, Winston,
N. c., The Transition Period; Lucius P.
NJ Gehee, Raleigh, N. c., The Scientific
Spirit Naledictorian.
The following were prepared according
to requirement of faculty, but were not
read
Theses by candidates for the Bachelor s
Degree:
Jos. H. Baker, Jr., TarborO, n. c.,
Ancient Speculations in Natural Science
Robert s. Burwell, Raleigh, N. c., Hear
The Other Side;
JOS A Morris, Granville county, n c.
Petrovitch in America:
James Mcclure, Mocksville, N. c..
Rights of Labor and of Capital:
William r. Tucker, Raleigh, N. c., The
Spirit of British Eloquenc.
Candidate for the Degree of Doctor Of
Philosophy: Herbert B. Battle, Raleigh
N. G..
Theses by candidates for the Degree Of
Master of Arts:
S. B. Turrentine, Orange county, N. c..
Affiliations of Roman and Greek History
Stephen Beauregard Weeks, Elizabeth
City, n c., The Chester Mysteries.
The great contest is for the Wiley P
Mangum medal, given for the best Grafton
This year it was awarded to Mr.. Louis NJ
Bourne, of Tarboro, a member of tht
''Phi'' Society. Mr.. Bourne is the frs
''Phi'' who has received this medal since
Chas. B. Aycock, Esq, of Goldsboro, wa'
its recipient. heard most of the speechc
and some of them were very fine. thinl
that the Committee made no mistake ir
the award. The general verdict was that
while Others pressed closely for the honor
Mr.. Bourne deserved it.
The second great contest for a media
was the one awarded for the best speecl
made by Representative of the two So
cieties This was won by Mr.. Cd. Batch
elor, of Nashville He had an excellen
speech. He, also, is a ''Phi."
These, with the other medals of which
wrote last week were presented by Rev. T
n Pritchard D. d.